Apparatus for feeding articles to wrapping mechanisms.



H. ROSE. APPARATUS FOR FEEDING ARTIGLES T0 WRAPPING MECHANISMS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 191,0.

Patented Oct. 11, 1-910.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPTA), 1910. V 9'?2,9. Patented 0ct.1l, 1910.

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APPLIOATION I'ILBD SEPT. 15, 1910.

, described. in the specification to British tters Patent No. 27722/07),-and consists siraa ss PATENT one 'I EnnY noes, or esrnsrononen, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR FEEE ING ARTICLES TQ WBABYING MECHANISMS.

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Application. filed September 9, 1910; Serial No. 581,142.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY\ROSE, a subject of the King of Great. Britain andzlreland, of Albion Works, Gainsborough, in the county of Lincoln, England, have invented new .and useful lmproven'ients in Apparatus for Feeding Articles to Wrapping Mechanism, of which the following is a specifics-- tion.

This invention relates to the apparatus in providing simple and efficient means whereby a series of two or more articles can be fed to such a machine for the purpose of wrapping each series together so as to form one package.

The apparatus comprises an improved form of magazine having asideway opening at the bottom thereof, of a height or which is capable of being adjusted to a. height corresponding to the number of articles to be wrapped together and a pusher adapted to reciprocate so as to push out the requisite number of articles sidewise the articles above those being expelled being supported bymeans to be hereinafter described, and thereafter being allowed to descend sons to occupy the position vacated by the expelled articles. i

I will describe the invention with refer ence to the accompanying drawings on which Figures 1 and 2 are elevations at right angles to each other showing one modificat1on and F1gs. 3 and 4 are similar v ews and Fig. 5 is afplan of the upper side of another modification.

The apparatus for the purpose aforesaid comprises as shown in the accompanying drawings an upright magazine 54' in which the boxes 00 to be wrapped are placed. The upright magazine is provided at two opposite sides at bottom with a sideway opening 55 of a height in accordance with the number of boxes to be packed together by the connected by a link to the pusher 56 and Patented oer; ii, taro.

operated in one direct-ion by a cam 61 acting on a roller 62, carried by the lever 58, and in the other direction by a spring 63. Means are also provided by which the pile of boxes- 00 above those being expelled are supported while the pusher 58 is, operating. Where the number of boxes m to be expelled at each operation is small, or the said boxes are light-,Fthis supporting device may be such as will support the pile of boxes as by bearing upon the box which is next above the series being expelled, and when this is released,

the pile will-descend by gravity to bring a fresh number, of boxes into position for being expelled. The mechanism for this purpose is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings as consisting of a. lever 64 centered at 65 which lever is pressed inward by aspring 66 and provided with a roller '67 1 and nose-piece 68. When the pusher 56 is expelling the boxes, the spring 66, will cause the nose-piece 68 to come in contact with the lowermost box in the magazine 54, to retain the pile of boxesa; above, and the rear-part of the pusher 56, on its re.- turn movement,will act upon the lever 64 and remove the nose-piece 68 from its retaining'position and allow the pile of boxes a in the magazine 54 to descend.

In cases Where the number of boxes at required to be expelled at each operation is large, or they are 'not light, and the extent to which they would have to fall would render them liable to become displaced, it is preferred to use asupport which operates from beneath and is actuated so that it rises as soon as the pusher has pushed the required number of boxes sufiiciently to allow thesa-id support to reach what is then the lowermost box in the magazine 54, this sup port being afterward lowered so as to allow the boxes as in the magazine to descend, while resting on the said support so as not to become liable to be displaced. A convenient arrangement is illustrated in Figs. 3, 4,

and 5 of the accompanying drawings.

The pusher 56 is made in such form, for instance, in the form of'a frame, that 1t will allow the support 69 to rise whilethe pusher is in operation.

The support 69 is connected by a crosspiece 70 with a rod 71 and the said support 69 and rod 71 can slide in guid'esg72 and 73,

respectively.

74 is a roller which runsupon a cam 75,

which will give the required rising move-- ments to the support 69 and allow it and the. boxes resting upon it (assisted by a spring' 7 6 if desired) to descend gently. The boxes w in therequired number to form each package, or parcel, are carried to the apparatus the improvements according to my present invention. with the machine in accordance with my aforesaid British patent, a machine is provided which is more efiicient in its operations of cementing, feeding, and folding, and which labels, or wraps, the boxes, or the like in a better manner.

'W'hat I claim is e 1 1. In apparatus ofthe character described, the combination of an upright magazine containing a column of articles, said magazine having a side delivery opening in the lower portion, a reciprocating pusher operable"through said-opening to segregate a series of the articles from the column and deliver the same through said opening, and 'means engaging the lowermost article remaining in the column for supporting the column of articles against the action of gravity above those being expelled, said means including a member having a portion to enter the magazine, and a cam-actuated" mechanism for operating said member. 4

erases 2.- ln apparatus of the character described, the combination with an upright magazine containing a column of articles and having a side delivery opening, and a pusher operable therethrough to expel a series of articles, of a support and means for operating the same in an upward direction While the pusher is expelling the articles, whereby the articles in the magazine-above the pusher will be supported, said means allowing the support to'be lowered to position another reciprocating supporting of articles while the pusher is expelling a series of the articles and to descend and lower the column of articles to bring a new series of articles into the range of action of the pusher.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. HENRY ROSE. llitnesses:

Rrcn K. Evan's,

CHAS. N. DANIELS. 

